Alliant Energy battery system is capable of storing enough energy to power 5,000 homes for two hours. Electricity travels across the power grid at the speed of light, so it must be generated and consumed at the same time. Battery storage helps keep the grid balanced by preserving energy when demand is low and releasing it as needed.
A group of northeast Iowa Democrats will host a virtual speakers’ panel on reproductive freedom in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned a constitutional right to access an abortion.
Drought conditions are likely to develop over the southern half of Iowa in August as the month starts with a string of abnormally hot days with little chance for rain.
Iowa City police were called to Elray’s Live and Dive in downtown Iowa City just after midnight on Sunday. Alex Bwayonga, 18, verbally threatened staff, pulled out a loaded gun and pointed it at bar staff, police said.
The system for getting donated kidneys, livers and hearts to desperately ill patients relies on outdated technology that has crashed for hours at a time and has never been audited by federal officials for security weaknesses.
Dennis Chaffee’s two toddlers were staying with him when he was shot and killed in his home in July 1983.
Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a combat veteran, expressed a desire for an amendment focused on budgetary spending.
Also, Iowa Republicans say they made their 1 millionth voter contact in preparation for the November elections
Administrative law judge Renee Sneitzer sued the state for discrimination after being fired in 2017; earlier this year, a judge and state oversight agency ordered she be reinstated.
A Cedar Rapids man accused in the Capitol attack Jan. 6 will be tried in a Washington D.C. court Jan. 16.
James “Jim” White, a former softball coach at Solon High School and Clear Creek Amana High School, was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a student 15 years ago.
A man who was shot by Cedar Rapids police officers Saturday has been identified by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation as Brandon Lee Nelson, 23, of Cedar Rapids.
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